After reading the last few sections of our book I heard a lot of things that have been hammered into my head sense day one of starting this program. This is only the third class I have taken where video is part of the course but the classes I have taken have covered a…

The chapters covered in this thought piece are kind of all over the place. The bok basically covered how to shoot a lot of different types and genres of video, which I found surprisingly interesting. Starting off I still have yet to shoot any video worth watching, but I have tried to shoot a few different kinds of video mentioned in the book. The first one being a scripted…

After reading pages 96-156 of  How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck, I had a few big takeaways. I still know very little about video but it seems like it works about the same as photography. When filming video you are in complete control of what the audience sees, therefore you need to set an establishing shot. Your viewers need to know where you are…

I never realized how terrible I was at actually shooting video until I got more into this book. I really have never shot any video worth showing to anyone, and I am realizing why. The book talks about knowing what you want before you film. This means having a basic idea about what you want to film, where you want to…

After reading the first 54 pages of How To Shoot Video That Doesn’t Suck, the biggest thing I took away was if your video isn’t good, people are not going to watch it. It sounds simple but it really is the basis for everything. There are so many components that go into video and filming, and it really is an art you have to practice, and you will eventually…